Title: The politics of desire: Propertius IVAuthor: Janan, Micaela WakilPublished: University of California Press, 2000Subjects: Classics | Classical Literature and Language | PoetryPublisher's Description: Propertius (ca. 54 b.c.--ca. 2 b.c.) was a Roman poet who composed four compelling books of elegies in the chaotic years surrounding Rome's transition from republic to empire. The first three of these books revolve mostly around a tormented love affair with a woman called Cynthia. The fourth book of . . . [more]Similar Items

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